Self-illuminated surgical illuminating-speculum.



:tsA'AC J. SMIT, or CHICAGO, more.

specificati@ a! Leumrunt application-aua august 21, 11a-1e.` segnati-16179..

Z'o all whom z't may concern:

Be it known that I, [s.-\AC J. SMIT, a citizen of vthe United States, and a residentof the city of Chicago, in the' county of Cook-'and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful- Improvements in Selfdllurn'inated Surgical lllu-ininating-Specula; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,

clear, and exact description of the same, ref

erence bein,lr had to the accompanyingl dra-wings, and to the numerals of reference marked thereon: which form a part of this specification.

This 'invention relates to a speeuhun for' surgical purposes, which, instead of being constructed of inetal'or other'opaque material as is usual in this type of devices, is constructed of a transparent material such as glass, .and furthermore is designed to trans mit light therethrough in a manner whereby the rays of light passing; therethrough are invisible to the eye'through the side walls of the speculum. 'Thus a clear visi-0n may be had of the passage into which the speculum l is inserted and the light which is trai'ismitted therethrough is emitted or projected therefrom at the end thereof through an emit-ting surface provided for the purpose. My invention contemplates the use of 'glass or other transparent medium as the material for the construction of the speculum with th `side walls orv surfaces of the glass highly polished so that the phenomenon of total internal reflection of the light introduced into the glass speeulum may be utilized. to transmit the light therethrough without interference of vision throughl the glassv member so that the light transmitted through .the glass'specijdum struct a. self-Qlluminating surgical device wherein the som "e of light is associatedl With.-

may be' projected from the end thereof.v through the surface forthe purpose.

It is an object therefore of this invention to construct a light transmitting speculum for surgical use wherein light is transmitted from a. source associated with the sp'ecul'um bj' internal reflection through the glass meub ber thereof for illumination of an object or area. at the lower end of the 'Spec'uluni, and

furthermore permitting clear vision to be had through the transparent sp'ecnhun of the passage into which the same is inserted.

It is also an' object of this invention l to conf a transparent member so 'that theligrht. is

transmitted t-*therethrongh By thephenorhe v neneefffaitermlreetwnandf emitted. imm" p'roecti-ng' surface provided..

'Itas furthermore 'an important object of this invention to construct .a surgen-'cal device transmission of light therethrough with a source of light associated therewith whereby' clear vision may be had 'through the ele-l ments, the light rays. being linvi.-'-;i.ble to the eye, through the side walls or surfaces of the 'transp-arent. elements, and internally reti-ecteo as they pass therethrough being-finally emitted through the end thereof toilluminate the object orarea desired.

`It .is finally an objectof this iuvention'to- Patented N0v.v13v,

any point desired through an emitting or i construct an improved type of selfvillumi hated surgical .device of transparent material permitting a clear vision to he had therevthrough and .acting 'bv internal reflection .to

transmit light therethrough .to a point desired.

The invention (in a preferred forni) is illust-rated inthe drawings andheireinater 80- l more fully described-y On the drawings: t A

Figli-rel, is ya ceutrai vertical section, parts shown in elevation, of a device emhodying the principles of my invention..

Fig. 2, is .an end view of the'transparent light .co-udncti-ngr element detached.

Fig. 3, is a side elevation 'otra modi-fied form'of device.

Fig.4 is a .section therethrough on line- Fig. 5, 1s atop plan `riewjof the ldev-'ico shown m Fig. .3.

Fig 6, is a top plan View of another zgnodi-ln lied form of device.

Fig. 7, is a fragnientarvjside eieration of the upper portion thereof. Y f

Fig. 8. is a detail Vswton taken von line 8*-8, of Fig. 7.

Fig. .9,.is a side elevation of one 'of the transparent. me :ih'ers of thespecnlum shown" in Fig. 6, with the lower -and thereof in Section.

10-10, of, Fig. e.

As shown on the drawings:

Referring first to the construction illus-v trated in Figs. l andi?, speculum'n's shown was consisting of a cvhndriear tratjsmrent-.

glass member l, withythe end urfaeetheref o'heveled olf, as denoted by the reference numeral-.2, and4 with ftheother .thereof 'eo I emlnacin ,gr detachable glass elements for the l copis a: ma .patent .my v'ne beamed for'avc was nach, by adiiesst; ow-ca ttm-sja: man@ trahspnrentlmehers until they strike the' emxttxng or projectmg surface nt the lower end thereof.

I am aware that the details of eonstruc-l 'ton may be varied through a, wide range.

without departing. from the princi-ples 'of ths invention, and I i'hereforejdo not purpose l'mtig 'the patent granted otherwise than necessitated by the prior art.

1. A self-illuminated .specuumg compri-sing a tubular body-formed of glass, lud llnmnutng means located '1n a plane with the bodyof sad glass :1t the rear end there* of.l :md so disposed that, the rays of light, therefrom will traverse said glass nt one side by' internal reection for emission at the front end thereof.

E2. A self-i11umnnted specu1um, comprising ghxss'mjemhexjs expan'sble from one anothei, and an illuminating means-located inA -a plane .with 'the ood-fyiv o'f'one et fea-id members at the. rear -ehd thereof and iso-disposed as to admit lght th-ere-nto.- Vfor"traverse therethrough by nternalfreectonto be emitted nt the other end thereof.

:1nd disposed at im angle-thereto, and' flumtnuting means disposed vm lme wxth the u' sod extension of glass integr-. therewith rear end of said eXt-eson, whereby the raysof light therefrom will .tr-averse said extem son und said bodyf'port-ioat one side by' end of the devee.- A

In testimony whereof I have hereunto su'hsexj'-bed my nume in the presence of two subscihng' Witnesses.

'Washingtom D. C.

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